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By Jill Krasny I’m quitting Facebook because it makes me feel like a loser. I don’t mean reading posts about babies taking first steps and people flaunting their engagement ring makes me feel bad. I mean that the simple act of logging in, scrolling the news feed and posting about something mundane I did isn’t [...]

By: Elisha Goldstein, Ph.D A few days ago while waking up in the morning I found myself automatically drawn to making my morning coffee and checking the email on my phone. There was my 2 year old little boy playing beside me as I sipped my warm drink. A thought popped in my mind, “Why [...]

The infamous L-train subway-fight footage. For students of Internet subway-fight videos, the genre entered a new realm of virality a couple of months ago on the L train. This commenced at approximately 2 a.m. on November 8, 2011, when, with the train approaching the Myrtle/Wyckoff station, 25-year-old security guard Daniel Endara admonished a number of teenagers [...]

By Kenneth Braswell Life can’t get more tragic for the parents of Trayvon Martin. The hard and cold facts are that they both lost a son way too soon in life. Certainly a call made late in the afternoon by police informing them that their son had been murdered had to be heart wrenching and [...]

The Great American Negro Tetralogy [...]

If we are going to interfere in the lives of others, a little due diligence is a minimum requirement A week and a half ago, I watched the Kony2012 video. Afterward, I wrote a brief seven-part response, which I posted in sequence on my Twitter account:   Teju Cole @tejucole 2- The white savior supports [...]

Machine gun kelly – I guess, the Eminem factor Danny Brown – Ok, why not. Kid Ink – Who? Future – How Much? Roscoe Dash – How? Hopsin – Who? Macklemore – Who? Don Trip -Who? Iggy Azalea – Who? French Montana – To this one I say –> No Childish Gambino? No A$ap? No [...]

  Jobs. It’s the word you’ve been hearing repeatedly for the past couple of years. It’s what Republicans claim President Obama has failed us on. It’s what many Americans find themselves looking for day after day, interview after interview. I recently started a new job of my own this week. I am still in training [...]

By: Lana Adams My name is Lana Adams. I am a writer, by definition. I am a twenty-something year old, recent graduate of Temple University with a degree in Broadcast Journalism and I am interested in helping people. I want to help people in whatever way that I can, whether it’s informing people about pertinent [...]

As you may know, if you arrived here from the homepage, in support of the anti SOPA/PIPA movement I have posted the above picture which is a swastika with the acronym SOPA embedded in it with a link that leads to how you can help stop SOPA/PIPA from becomming harsh realities on the right sidebar. I also posted said [...]

Today I would like to speak of my life as an internet blogger. You guy might think it’s an easy job but do not be fooled. This continuous job as a blogger is pretty arduous at time. Let me paint a picture for you guys…   Monday, the week begins; on Monday my weekly thoughts, [...]

Halloween originated thousands of years ago, making it one of the oldest holidays. The Halloween that we celebrated today, has had many influences from many cultures over the years, such as the Roman’s Pomona Day, Celtic festival of Samhain, and the Christian holidays of All Saints and All Souls Days. Hundreds of years ago the [...]